My Objectives
Do you want to change a little bit of the world for the better?
Let's do it together...
Based on my broad commercial & deep technical experience it is my aim to help emerging businesses to thrive by guiding, mentoring & supporting leadership teams to:
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Collaborate on & develop compelling & focused visions & strategies
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Develop products & services that truly satisfy customers
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Focus creativity & insight to deliver great outcomes & value for customers & for shareholders & investors
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Develop strategic plans for the design, build & operation of effective technology platforms, services & systems that serve business vision
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Develop product & technology delivery teams, processes & methods at scale, with efficiency, simplicity & security
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Be compliant with appropriate regulations & business standards
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Operate with a strong sense of ethics & core behavioural values
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Work with clarity, transparency & accountability
What Value do I Offer?
Some of my core skills & values comprise:
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Business transformation at scale
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Delivery & product team building at scale
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Technical leadership & strategy development
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A deep understanding of the practical implementation of true agility
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A deep understanding of projects & programmes at scale & high value
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P&L responsibilities, processes & methods
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Business operations, reliability & KPI measurement
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M&A actions & business funding
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People & stakeholder management & inclusion
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Clarity & focus in supporting founders & emerging leaders as we collectively build a truly effective business
Who can I best help?
My experience & insight can, I believe, be best focused on supporting, guiding & mentoring:
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Businesses that are operating & developing in the Series A to Series C funding space.
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Businesses that are focused on using technology as a key driver for their success
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Businesses that want to understand how to drive practical value out of data, machine learning & complex modelling techniques
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Businesses that are looking to use technology to streamline their services, product delivery & operations
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Businesses that want to ensure compliance & reliability in their services, product delivery & operations
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Business that are seeking to scale their technical & product development operations
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Businesses with a market focus on the consumer, financial, insurance, utility or media sectors
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Businesses primarily focused on direct-to-consumer services & products
Current Partners
 Having spent more than 3 years on the leadership team at WTW Insurance and Consulting Technology, a $400m machine learning and complex modelling software business focussed on the insurance industry, I am now supporting the business on a part-time basis to deliver key strategic products for insurance customers. |
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 I have spent the last 4 years as a non-executive director and board advisor with The Bunch. The Bunch provide bill management and utility provision for students and young professionals in houses of multiple occupation. We have taken the business from very early bootstrapped growth through two seed funding rounds and have moved the business into planned operational profit. |
 I have recently started to work alongside Sterling DCS as a technical advisor as they develop their next generation cost and estimation tooling. Sterling by Rapid DCS is a next generation, cloud-based, BIM ready, PAS 2080 compliant estimating and forecasting solution designed to help carbon conscious professionals design, plan, execute and operate more sustainably in the built environment market. |
Previous Experience
VP Technology
I spent 3 years with GoCo Group working as Vice President - Technology - leading their technology delivery and operations effort across 4 operating businesses including:
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GoCompare
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Look After My Bills
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Energylinx
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My Voucher Codes
Previous Experience
Head of Engineering - Digital Platforms
I worked with Sky over a 3 year period building Sky's Digital Platforms capability in Leeds, UK, from scratch (600 staff recruited in 2 years), and then leading those core digital delivery teams as we scaled the organisation and delivered complex customer and machine learning solutions.